I plugged my edgestar back in before shipping it off and it had been sitting powered off for about 2 weeks before that. Left it running all night set at 25 and it never got below 50. I shipped it back for about $180, but compactappliance.com gave me back my money (not the $180 shipping charge though). As for my new fridge, my wife picked up the Engel and it's been running in the back of my truck since labor day and I love it. Seems so much more sturdy and well built and there have been no temp issues.

Wow that's cheap. I notice the "good" brands keep getting more expensive, too. And FWIW, my Edge Star has been a champ in my office here.. I realize it's been running for 15 months now on AC power. I have cold spicy hot V8's and waters in there usually.